Little v. Commonwealth

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

■ — Reversing.

' The appellant, John C. Little, has been convicted of the murder of Charley Hollon and sentenced to life imprisonment. The men were neighbors and friends for fifteen years. Except for an apparent immaterial unpleasantness several months before Hollon was killed, which had been adjusted afterward, there had been no difficulty between them.

About 4 o’clock on the afternoon of October 28, 1931, Little, and a young man named Everett Hollon, who worked for him, were returning home on their mules from work. As they were passing Charley…